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17 cats with Feline Leukemia were saved during the Great Kitty Rescue and given a home at Shadow Cats in Round Rock, Texas. The lucky 17 were: Bella Cover Girl Diamond Fresca Frogger Kali – renamed Callie King Kong Leonard Marmalade Neville Q-Tip Salty – renamed Phantom Scorpio Skunkette – renamed Polly Sugar Tabitha Vienna As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Great Kitty Rescue, only Polly has not crossed to the Rainbow Bridge…

I have spent so much time involved with the cats of the Great Kitty Rescue and the rescue people involved over the past few years, that it is ingrained in my daily life. So, this past week when I met Claudene, the head of the Cat Petting Program at our local animal care facility, I was taken by surprise when I found out that she knew nothing about it. I gave her an overview of the institutional hoarding situation in…

Reported by Gina B. Good in The Pahrump Valley Times ~ Feb. 19, 2010 Beckett files notice of appeal over FLOCK Justice of the Peace Kent Jasperson June 11 dismissed the case against the cat sanctuary formerly located on Bond Street, called For the Love of Cats and Kittens, or FLOCK. None of the 15 witnesses subpoenaed by the district attorney’s office had the opportunity to speak during the abbreviated hearing. The case was lost by the state, at least…

As reported by Gina B. Good in the Pahrump Valley Times ~ Feb. 19, 2010 Volunteers say justice not served Justice of the Peace Kent Jasperson’s small Pahrump courtroom was nearly filled to capacity last week with former FLOCK volunteers, Best Friends Animal Society volunteers and individual animal lovers. Some of the volunteers traveled from neighboring states to testify in the case of the State vs. For the Love Of Cats and Kittens. The volunteers had helped to rescue the…